#pseudosciences

[mali-umkin]

49% of the French youth believes in astrology. This correlates with religious extremism, belief in flat earth, esotericism, tarot, superstition, conspiracy theories, etc. Less than half think science is a good thing. These are the consequences of indulgence towards pseudosciences. I'm done thinking it's not too scary if people keep this in the private sphere. These beliefs directly result in social isolation, belief in alternative medicines, refusal to get vaccinated and far right movements. None of this is trivial. And on a personal note, seeing people so desperate to cling on to such rigid forms of determinism is disheartening.

[spaeccadet]

hmm what if we combined things we knew about people from graphology and astrology together, would it add up o.o

[scienceoftheidiot]

Vous prendrez bien un peu de bullshit pseudoscientifique saveur JO?

Je partage parce que j'ai découvert quelque chose que dans ma naïveté j'avais encore pas imaginé, l'explication de pourquoi autant de MERDES dans les pharmacies alors que normalement les pharmaciens sont formés... et la réponse c'est plus ou moins Big Pharma. Qui te vends donc homéopathie et pierres magiques de force (vu que c'est là qu'ils font leur beurre ! zéro principe actif et vendu à prix d'or).

J'avoue l'ironie me mets en joie.

[psychologyhumor]

When you actually have a degree in neurosciences and they offer you NLP™

Really?

[fkukso]

Nuestra “Era acientífica”

[greguti]

"Aucune des impossibilités, aucune des bizarreries, aucun des manques de rigueur mentionnés dans ce rapport n'a été détecté par tous ces spécialistes du domaine, locaux, nationaux ou internationaux, et aucun soupçon de la moindre fraude n'est apparu."

[dwarfsized]

I think cryptozoology- the study of animals whose existence has not yet been proven- is the greatest of all pseudosciences because once you manage to prove that the animal you are studying exists you can't study it anymore.

[flyfightandcrow-blog]

What Do You Believe In?

In my psych class, my professor cited the Skeptical Inquirer about strange beliefs among Americans. The percentages are based off the percent of people in the US who believe is said phenomenon in 2005. 

Extrasensory Perception 41%

Haunted Houses 37%

Ghosts 32%

Telepathy 37%

Astrology 25%

Visits to Earth by Aliens 24%

Communication with the Dead 21%

Witchcraft 21%

What do you believe in?